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click for 2009 Wimbledon tourney page, with quotes & 186+ choice photos, cropped & enhanced       Williams' Arena: On Thursday in London, in the semifinals of The Championships at Wimbledon, the 2002 & '03 champion, 27-year-old 2nd-seeded #2 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, FL, narrowly defeated the 2004 US Open & French Open finalist, 27-year-old 4th-seeded #4 Elena Dementieva of Russia (res.: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6(4)-7, 7-5, 8-6 (shown).         Although Serena scored only 5 more points than Elena in the 2 hour, 49 minute match (121 to 116), she hit 45 winners to Elena's 27, with only 28 unforced errors to Elena's 26. A whopping 20 of Serena's winners were aces (Elena: 3 aces), while 5 of her errors were double faults (Elena: 8 DFs). match stats     Serena said: "Elena played so well, and we gave the crowd a wonderful match. It was really, really tough... I definitely owe this win to my serve. I lost serve a couple times. But when it was key and it was time for me to hold serve, I was able to hold serve. I always had a nice couple aces that was really able to clinch on very key points...     "I've never seen [Elena] serve so well in my life. I think her second serves were in the upper nineties, sometimes hundreds (Elena averaged 92mph on 2nd serve, Serena 93mph). To keep that up consistently for three sets is not very easy. I just think that she definitely played her best, personal best tennis today." AP story - postmatch interview     Elena, while leading 5-4 in the 3rd set, held a match point on Serena's serve but failed to convert it.     Elena said: "I think it was a very close match, and I think we both were playing very well today. It was a good fight. Actually, I feel very satisfied the way I was playing today. The only regret I have, maybe I should take a little bit more risk on match point, should go down the line. But overall it was a good match." postmatch interview - BBC: Wimbledon day ten as it happened     Serena now leads Elena 6-3 in career matches. Elena's three wins came in their last five meetings. But Serena also won their previous match, on a Plexipave hardcourt in the semifinals of this year's Australian Open, 6-3, 6-4.     In Thursday's other semifinal in London, the 2000, '01, '05 '07 & 08 Wimbledon champion, 28-year-old 3rd-seeded #3 Venus Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, crushed, killed and destroyed 23-year-old top-seeded #1 Dinara Safina of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-1, 6-0 (photo shown).     The match was over in 51 minutes. Venus won 54 points to Dinara's 20 while striking 16 winners (including 5 aces) with only 1 unforced error. Yes, that's not a typo; Venus hit only one error (Dinara: 6 winners, 16 errors). match stats     Venus said: "This is my eighth final. It's a dream come true to be here again and to have the opportunity to hold the plate up. Dinara is so talented and she's played so consistently in the last year. I went out there and was able to stay focused. I have so much experience on that court, it helps a lot...     "I was really pleased with my form. Of course, playing against the No. 1 player in the world, it's exciting to play so well... I think the score just showed my level of play. I was just dictating on every point. And I think when [Dinara] had some opportunities to make some plays it was hard because there was a lot of pressure on her... she wanted to make the best shot that she could, and sometimes that's too hard." BBC story - postmatch interview     Dinara said: "I think [Venus is] just too good on grass. It's not my favorite surface and it's her favorite surface, so she just honestly be too good today... It's definitely disappointing, finishing the match less than one hour and winning only one game... Out of three surfaces we playing, this is not my favorite one. And still reaching the semifinal, so hopefully I can change a little bit my mind and change my mentality on grass and to come with a different expectation next year." postmatch interview     Venus will play Serena in the Wimbledon final on Saturday. The Williams sisters are tied at 10-10 in career matches. The last time they met was in March on a Plexipave hardcourt in the semifinals at Key Biscayne, when 5-time Miami champion Serena defeated 3-time Miami champ Venus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. But Venus won their two prior matches, including their last meeting on a chlorophyll court, in last year's Wimbledon final, when Venus defeated Serena, 7-5, 6-4.     10-time Grand Slam tourney champion Serena is 33-13 in previous WTA singles finals; she won the US Open last year and the Australian Open title in January, but has not won a title since. Serena has a 31-7 match record in 2009.     7-time Grand Slam tourney champion Venus is 41-22 in previous WTA singles finals; she won the Dubai and Acapulco titles earlier this year. Venus has a 27-6 match record for the season.     Serena said: "I feel like going into this final I have nothing to lose. I feel like obviously [Venus is] playing the best tennis at this tournament. Start with that, and then just keep positive and go with it. So I think that if I can do that, then it will be good."     Venus said: "Just playing Serena Williams, the immense respect. Even if she's not playing her best, just that fight she has, you're facing that. So there's so much to face when you play her. It's definitely a lot to get your mind around. So for me I'll be focusing on getting past the player and the fight in the final." Men's Final: s2 Roger Federer SUI v s6 Andy Roddick USA more WTA videos: select a year   Classic Matches 2009 2008 Finetune streaming music player popup:  18 playlists, 45+ full tracks each, 1300+ tracks total, free music, no registration, no commercials, no gimmicks. WTA SCOREBOARD: The Championships at Wimbledon     ranks are for the previous week s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser     How do players get into the "draw"? Wimbledon, QFs, Tue Jun 30 1pm loser's prize: £106,250 = US $174,664; points: 500 #1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS v #43 Sabine Lisicki GER 6(5)-7, 6-4, 6-1 #2 s2 Serena Williams USA d #8 s8 Victoria Azarenka BLR 6-2, 6-3 #3 s3 Venus Williams USA d #11 s11 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 6-1, 6-2 #4 s4 Elena Dementieva RUS d #50 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-2, 6-2 Wimbledon, SFs, Thu Jul 2 1pm loser's prize: £212,500 = US $349,328; points: 900 *#3 s3 Venus Williams USA d #1 s1 Dinara Safina RUS 6-1, 6-0 #2 s2 Serena Williams USA d #4 s4 Elena Dementieva RUS 6(4)-7, 7-5, 8-6 Wimbledon, Final, Sat Jul 4 2pm loser's prize: £425,000 = US $698,657; points: 1400 winner's prize: £850,000 = US $1,397,314; points: 2000 #2 s2 Serena Williams USA v #3 s3 Venus Williams USA m1 2pm Wimbledon, Doubles Final, Sat Jul 4 losers' prize: £115,000 = US $189,048 winners' prize: £230,000 = US $378,097 s3 Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs     v s4 Serena Williams & Venus Williams m3 Wimbledon, Mixed Doubles Final, Sun Jul 5 losers' prize: £46,000 = US $75,619 winners' prize: £92,000 = US $151,239 s1 Cara Black & Leander Paes     v s9 Anna-Lena Groenefeld & Mark Knowles Wimbledon, Girls' Singles Final, Sat Jul 4 WTA#322 s1 Kristina Mladenovic FRA     v wta#406 s4 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA c1 m1 2pm Wimbledon, Girls' Doubles Final, Sun Jul 5 Wimbledon, Invitation (over 35) Doubles Final, Sun Jul 5 losers' prize: £14,000 = US $23,014 winners' prize: £17,000 = US $27,946   WTA Jul 6-12: Båstad & Budapest Collector Swedish Open Båstad, SWE INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA pdf - tourn.: Q - S - D pics: Y!: sports - news | tourney - WTA Båstad: radar - forecast - news #9 C Wozniacki, #13 D Cibulkova #15 F Pennetta, #20 A Medina G Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, HUN INTL $220,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: red clay Live Scores - in popup window draws: WTA pdf | tourn.: Q .html OOP & results pics: Y!: sports - news | WTA - tourney Budapest: radar - forecast - map Hungary News #22 P Schnyder, #24 A Cornet #31 A Kleybanova, #26 S Bammer     The qualifying draws have been posted for both tourneys at the Båstad website and at the Budapest website. The main draws are not yet available as of this writing (qualifying draws are usually up on the Friday before the tourney begins, main draws on Saturday, sometimes later). The links are above.     The top seeds in Båstad qualifying are #174 Ksenia Palkina and #175 Yulia Fedossova; the top seeds in Budapest qualifying are #109 Tinea Bacsinszky and #112 Mariana Duque Marino. WTA SCOREBOARD: Båstad & Budapest     ranks are for the previous week s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser     How do players get into the "draw"? Båstad, 1st Round, Mon-Wed 11am-10am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #9 Caroline Wozniacki DEN #13 Dominika Cibulkova SVK #15 Flavia Pennetta ITA #20 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP #25 Kaia Kanepi EST #27 Sorana Cirstea ROU #29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS #34 Carla Suarez Navarro ESP #35 Iveta Benesova CZE #42 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP #43 Francesca Schiavone ITA #45 Gisela Dulko ARG #59 Maria Kirilenko RUS #61 Petra Kvitova CZE #66 Ayumi Morita JPN #70 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS #71 Urszula Radwanska POL #84 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE #90 Jill Craybas USA #95 Severine Bremond FRA #98 Masa Zec Peskiric SLO #103 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP #114 Marta Domachowska POL #145 Sofia Arvidsson SWE #173 Karin Knapp ITA #239 wc Johanna Larsson SWE #974 wc Sandra Roma SWE #NR wc Ellen Allgurin SWE Båstad, 2nd Round, Wed-Thu 11am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 Båstad, QFs, Fri 11am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 Båstad, SFs, Sat 11am loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 Båstad, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 Båstad, Doubles Final Sat loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Båstad, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 6 losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Båstad, Withdrawals #54 Melinda Czink HUN #76 Jelena Dokic AUS #82 Olga Govortsova BLR Budapest, 1st Rd, Mon noon-Tue 11:30am loser's prize: $1,725 US; points: 1 #22 wc Patty Schnyder SUI #24 Alize Cornet FRA #31 Alisa Kleybanova RUS #26 Sybille Bammer AUT #28 Agnes Szavay HUN #33 Alona Bondarenko UKR #39 Sara Errani ITA #40 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK #49 Lucie Safarova CZE #55 Shahar Peer ISR #62 Monica Niculescu ROU #64 Tathiana Garbin ITA #73 Kateryna Bondarenko UKR #72 Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP #75 Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU #83 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL #80 Patricia Mayr AUT #87 Mariya Koryttseva UKR #89 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ #92 Maria Elena Camerin ITA #94 Karolina Sprem CRO #96 Edina Gallovits ROU #102 Varvara Lepchenko USA #153 Petra Cetkovska CZE Budapest, 2nd Rd, Wed-Thu 11:30am loser's prize: $2,950 US; points: 30 Budapest, QFs, Fri 11:30am loser's prize: $5,340 US; points: 70 Budapest, SFs, Sat noon loser's prize: $10,200 US; points: 130 Budapest, Final, Sun 3pm loser's prize: $19,000 US; points: 200 winner's prize: $37,000 US; points: 280 Budapest, Doubles Final, Sun loser's prize: $5,750 US winner's prize: $11,000 US Budapest, Qual Finals, Mon Jul 6 noon losers' prizes: q1 $265 1pt; q2 $460 6pts; q3 $860 10pts; qualifier 16 points Budapest, Withdrawals #46 Ekaterina Makarova RUS #53 Roberta Vinci ITA #81 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR   WTA: June 15-21 Eastbourne & 's-Hertogenbosch 's-Hertogenbosch: #47 Tamarine Tanasugarn 5'5" 139lb RH 2H-BH Eastbourne: #9 Caroline Wozniacki 5'10" 128lb RH 2H-BH AEGON Int'l  Eastbourne, GBR PREMIER $600,000 32m/32q/16d outdoor: grass Live Scores - draws: qual - main - doub - OOP - pics: Y!: sports - news - UK | WTA Ordina Open  's-Hertogenbosch, NED INTL $220,000 32m/16q/16d outdoor: grass Live Scores - WTA draws links change daily - pics: Y!: sports - news | WTA     On Saturday at Eastbourne, England, in the final of the AEGON International, 18-year-old 6th-seeded #9 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won her 5th WTA singles title by narrowly defeating 26-year-old #25 Virginie Razzano from Nimes, France, 7-6(5), 7-5 (Caroline is shown with the hardware after the match).     Also on Saturday, at the Autotron Rosmalen, not far from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, in the final of the Ordina Open, last year's 's-Hertogenbosch champion, 32-year-old unseeded # 47 Tamarine Tanasugarn from Bangkok, Thailand, became the first player ever to win the 's-Hertogenbosch title two years in a row, by defeating Tammy will play 28-year-old #50 Yanina Wickmayer from Deurne, Belgium, 6-3, 7-5 (Tammy is also shown with the hardware after the match). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Eastbourne & 's-Hertogenbosch   WTA June 8-14: Birmingham Birmingham: #25 Na Li 5'7¾" 137lb RH 2H-BH Birmingham: #53 Magdalena Rybarikova 5'11" 143lb RH 2H-BH AEGON Classic Birmingham, GBR INTL $220,000 56m/32q/16d outdoor: grass Live Scores - draws: qual - main - doub - OOP WTA .pdf: Q - MD - D - OOP pics: Y!: sports - news BC - news ED | WTA     On Sunday in Birmingham, England, in the final of the AEGON Classic, 20-year-old 13th-seeded #53 Magdalena Rybarikova from Bratislava, Slovakia, won her first WTA singles title by defeating 27-year-old 4th-seeded # 25 Na Li from Wuhan, Hubei, China, 6-0, 7-6(2) (Na is shown during the match, Magdalena is shown making friends with the Maude Watson Trophy afterward).     Magdalena's prize is $37,000; Na's is $19,000. tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Birmingham   WTA: May 24-Jun 7   French Open Roland Garros: #7 Svetlana Kuznetsova 5' 8½" 161lb RH 2H-BH Roland Garros: #1 Dinara Safina 5'11½" 154½lb RH 2H-BH Roland Garros: 2nd Grand Slam Title 11th WTA Singles Title French Open Roland Garros, FRA Grand Slam outdoor: red clay - results - stats draws: all WTA, pdf - xd - women's: qual - singles - doub   men's: qual - singles - doub photos: Y! sports   Y! news - Y! France | WTA - videos: mp4 downloads - embedded text: news - interviews - information site for players - 2009 RG Players Guide, .pdf click for 2009 French Open tourney page, with quotes & 256+ choice photos, cropped & enhanced       On Saturday at Roland Garros, in the final of the 2009 French Open, the 2004 US Open champion, 23-year-old 7th-seeded # 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), won a second Grand Slam singles title, defeating last year's French Open finalist, 23-year-old top-seeded # 1 Dinara Safina of Russia (res: also Monaco), 6-4, 6-2 (photos shown). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: 2009 French Open   WTA Jan 19-Feb 1: Australian Open Melbourne: #2 Serena Williams 5' 9" 135lb RH 2H-BH Melbourne: #3 Dinara Safina 5' 11½" 154½lb RH 2H-BH Melbourne: 10th Grand Slam Singles Title 33rd WTA Singles Title Australian Open, Melbourne, AUS Grand Slam event stats 128 players - outdoor: hard plexicushion AUD$23,140,000, 50%/50% WTA/ATP results - draws: WS, .pdf - women's: qualif. - singles - doub | pics: Y!: news - AO - WTA click for 2009 AO tourney page w/ 264 choice pics, cropped & enhanced, and 53 postmatch quotes       With all Odds: On Thursday in Melbourne, in the final of the 2009 Australian Open, the 2003,' 05 & '07 AO champ, 27-year-old 2nd-seeded # 2 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, won again, defeating 22-year-old 3rd-seeded # 3 Dinara Safina of Russia (residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco), 6-0, 6-3 (both players are shown during the match, and Serena with the hardware after). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Australian Open   WTA Aug 25-Sept 7 US Open Flushing Meadows: #4 Serena Williams 5'9" 135lb RH 2H-BH Flushing Meadows: #2 Jelena Jankovic 5'9½" 130lb RH 2H-BH Flushing Meadows: 3rd US Open Title 9th Grand Slam Title US Open Flushing Meadows, NY Grand Slam $20,657,000 128 players | outdoor: hard Matches: stats | WTA match notes     OOPs - results | news | interviews Draws: WTA pdf - mix doub     Women: qualif - singles - doub pics: Y!: sports - news | tourney | slides | CBS | WTA | videos - '08 WTA videos click for 2008 US Open tourney page: player quotes & 255 choice photos, cropped & enhanced         On Sunday in New York, in the final of the 2008 US Open, the 1999 & 2002 US Open champ, 26-year-old 4th-seeded # 4 Serena Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, defeated this year's Italian Open champion, 23-year-old 2nd-seeded # 2 Jelena Jankovic from Belgrade, Serbia, 6-4, 7-5 (photos shown). Serena's prize is $1,500,000; Jelena's is $750,000. tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: US Open   WTA June 23-July 5 2008 Wimbledon Wimbledon: #7 Venus Williams 6'1" 160lb RH 2H-BH Wimbledon: #6 Serena Williams 5'9" 135lb RH 2H-BH Wimbledon: 5th Wimbledon Title 7th Grand Slam Singles Title The Championships Wimbledon, GBR Grand Slam Prize$: £11,812,000 - 128 players matches: statistics - WTA notes, pdf - Live Scores - OOP - results draws: W sing, pdf - XD women's: qualif. - singles - doub pics: Y! sport - news - UK     WTA     A/V: net video - free videos - wallpaper click for 2008 Wimbledon tourney page: player quotes & 259 choice photos, cropped & enhanced     On Saturday in London, England, in the final of The Championships at Wimbledon, the 2000, '01, '05 & '07 champ, 27-year-old 7th-seeded # 7 Venus Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, won a fifth time, defeating her younger sister, the '02 & '03 champ, 26-year-old 6th-seeded # 6 Serena Williams, 7-5, 6-4 (photos shown). tennis.quickfound.net tourney page: Wimbledon

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    (May 6, 2009) The London Daily Mail on Tuesday published excerpts from a recent interview with former WTA # 1 Justine Henin. Although she has no intention of returning to the WTA Tour, Justine said: "‘I’m going to start to play again because I’ve planned a few exhibitions for the end of the year. I didn’t hit at all in the past few months. I had surgery on my right knee, so I’ve been off for a few months now. So I’m going to start a little bit—not because I want to, but just to keep the contact with the ball, and be okay when I’m on court for the exhibitions."
    About her compatriot Kim Clijsters plans to return to WTA play later this year, Justine said: "If she feels she has to do it, then it’s the right decision... I wish her the best, for sure. It’s tough but she has the courage and the personality." London Daily Mail story

    (Mar 26, 2009) Retired former WTA # 1 Kim Clijsters announced today that she will return to the WTA Tour in August. 2005 US Open champion Kim has requested (and will receive) wild cards for this Summer's hardcourt tourneys in Cincinnati and Toronto, and for the 2009 US Open. Kim had previously scheduled exhibition matches against Steffi Graf (May 17 at Wimbledon) and Michaella Krajicek (June 14 during the Ordina Open), and will also play 2 dates of World Team Tennis. Kim retired two years ago, citing primarily that she was tired of the frequent injuries she incurred on the WTA Tour.

    Kim said: "I have missed playing tournaments most. I am doing it for the challenge. I have been training for 11 or 12 weeks. Training harder than ever before. Then this drive came back...
    "When I started preparing for the Wimbledon game with Steffi Graf I felt this drive. I wanted a new challenge. This is just for fun for now to see if I can do it. I don't need to be number one again. I have done that and I don't need to do it again. I am just going to see how things evolve...
    "I train six days a week, half of which is building up stamina and physique. I am really looking at (my) weak points to prevent injuries." AP story - Reuters story

    (Mar 25, 2009) Women's Tennis Association CEO Larry Scott is leaving the WTA in June, after six years of running the organization. Scott will become Pac-10 Conference commissioner on July 1. A successor has not yet been named. AP story

    (Mar 2, 2009) YouTube video: Maria Sharapova practicing at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, Bradenton, Florida, on Monday, Mar 2, 2009. Maria is reportedly flying from Florida to California (where she will hopefully be ready to compete in the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells) on Saturday, March 7. See more videos from Bollettieri's, including Jelena Jankovic & Nicole Vaidisova, in the "WTA Video" selector above on this page. These videos are from Jola Walczuk-Haschek of Best Sports Vacations.

    (Feb 11, 2009) Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova, and Tatiana Golovin are all featured in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which is available online now.


    (Jan 15, 2009) Former WTA # 1 Monica Seles has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. AP story
    34-year-old Monica formally announced her retirement from pro tennis just 11 months ago. Monica had a 595-122 won-lost record in singles, and won 53 WTA singles titles, 6 WTA doubles titles, and $14,891,762 in prize money.
    Despite a 2-year gap in her career (after she was stabbed in the back by a fan in Germany in 1993), Monica won 9 Grand Slam singles titles, beginning with the 1990 French Open, and ending with the 1996 Australian Open.
    Monica was still ranked in the top 10 in 2003 when she was forced to stop playing by a left foot stress fracture which never healed properly (the same type of injury that led the chronic back pain which prevents Anna Kournikova from playing).
    Monica will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 11.
1996 book excerpt: Monica, by Monica Seles

    (Jan 11, 2009) 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the 2009 Australian Open.
    Maria said: "I am very sorry to announce that I am not going to be able to defend my title at this year’s Australian Open. My shoulder is doing great, but I just started training a few weeks ago and I am just not near the level I need to be to compete at the highest levels." AO story
    The loss of the 2000 ranking points from her 2008 Australian Open title will mean that Maria will likely drop out of the top 10 in the WTA rankings, but remain well within the top 20.
    Maria's torn right shoulder rotator cuff tendon, originally injured last March, was not healing properly by October. So on October 15, Maria had arthroscopic surgery in New York.
    On Dec 30, Maria said: "The procedure was successful and very simple. I left the hospital a few hours after the procedure and flew to my home in Florida for 3 days and then I flew back to Phoenix to start working on my shoulder... Dr. Altcheck thought my recovery would be very fast and he was right. I had full range of motion after 14 days, after 6 weeks I was throwing a football and after 8 weeks I was back on the court where I belong...
    "I am trying to do everything possible to be ready for Australia, but I have promised my doctors, coach and family that I will not rush back. Since I only started practicing 16 days ago... But the great news is that we have taken care of the problem that has been bothering me so much over the last couple of years..." mariasharapova.com

    (Dec 14, 2008) Former WTA # 12 Tatiana Golovin will not play in the 2009 Australian Open due to ongoing back pain and inflammation at the "sacrospinalis-iliac crest".
    In the French magazine L'Equipe in November, 2008, Tatiana said: "As I haven’t played for almost one year, it is easy to say : 'Golovin is going to retire.' I can tell you now that it is not the case. I still have pain in my back, I don’t practice, but I am still totally hopeful to play again soon. It will be in a few weeks, months or even in one year, but my career is not over."
    Tatiana had surgery on March 12, 2008 to remove a cyst that was causing pain. While the doctors had the hood open, they decided to remove her appendix as well, just to be on the safe side. Tatiana hoped to be playing again by the French Open. Tatiana played one complete match at the German Open, then withdrew, one by one, from each subsequent tourney, as she never quite reached playable condition. golovin-attitude.com

    (Oct 2, 2008) Former WTA # 1 Maria Sharapova is out for the rest of the season due to a torn right shoulder rotator cuff tendon. On her website, Maria said: "I've been progressing really well, but the recovery is taking a lot longer than I had selfishly planned. Therefore, my team and I decided to `shut it down' for the season."
    On August 1 Maria withdrew from the 2008 US Open as well as from the Beijing Olympics due to the injury. Maria had been unknowingly playing with the tendon torn since April.
    Maria had withdrawn from the Rogers Cup in Montreal on July 30 after aggravating the ongoing right shoulder injury while defeating # 58 Marta Domachowska, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.

    Maria had an MRI scan on Thursday, July 31, which disclosed two small tendon tears in her shoulder. On her official website on Friday, Aug 1, Maria said: "Well my 24 hour medical tour came to an end yesterday after I met [in New York] with Dr. David Altchek who is the premier shoulder doctor in the world. He looked at all my tests from April and today and informed me that I have been playing with a moderate tear in my rotator cuff tendon since April. He actually couldn't believe that I've been playing this long with this injury. You can imagine that I was not very thrilled to hear that my medical team did not see this tear in my shoulder back in April.
    "The good news is that it didn't get much worse since April but we could have started the healing time back then instead of now. He does not believe that I need surgery and is sending me to work with a specialist in Arizona next week to do extensive rehab and strength work and he believes that I should be ready to play in 2-3 months."

    Maria has struggled with right shoulder problems for over three years. In a newsletter from her website dated July 29, Maria said: "[After Wimbledon] I spent many hours of each day working with Prince on different rackets and string. Ever since Indian Wells and that backhand incident, I haven't been able to get my arm up and close to my head without some sort of impingement and grinding... so I've been trying different rackets with different weight balances that are a bit more flexible and the strings looser to get as much tension away from my arm as possible.
    "So for the last week I have been playing with a new frame...I'm usually very sensitive to any minor changes and we usually do this in the off season, but we really had no choice this time. Apart from that I spent a good ten or so days concentrating on my fitness and in the last week been playing a few practice matches etc."

    (Aug 28, 2006 updated 1/2007) # 4 Maria Sharapova has signed a new racquet endorsement contract with Prince which will pay her around $25 million dollars over the next 10 years. Maria's previous deal with Prince, a five-year contract, was signed when she was 14 years old, and due to expire. Maria currently uses Prince's O³ White model. The deal includes a base pay, plus incentives for high rankings and tournament performance.
    Maria also has endorsement contracts with Gatorade & Tropicana, Colgate - Palmolive, Motorola (expired in 2007), Parlux Fragrances, Canon, watchmaker TAG Heuer, Land Rover, Nike, and others, plus Japan-only deals with Honda & Pepsi, which make her the highest-paid female athlete in the world, earning an estimated $23 to $25 million a year.

    (Jan 5, 2005) The WTA has made a 6-year deal with mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson to become the primary WTA Tour global sponsor. The price? $88 million.

    (Jan 6, 2004 revised) Wimbledon will have a new retractable roof for Centre Court in place in 2009, officials announced. Construction will begin after The Championships in July, 2006. The 2007 Championships will be played with no roof at all (the current partial roof removed), a new fixed partial roof will be in place in 2008, and the retractable roof completed in 2009. The roof will take 10 minutes to deploy, so Centre Court rain delays of up to 30 minutes will still be possible, but the roof is being installed to assure TV networks of almost continuous coverage, even if it rains. The arena's capacity will also be increased from 13,800 to 15,000.
    AELTC Long-Term Plan - original BBC story.

2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, and 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova of Russia is featured in the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which hit newsstands on Feb 14. Click on the photo to see the SI Swimsuit pages online, including 22 pics of Maria looking very nice.